Most prehistoric Europeans had dark skin, hair and eyes well into ... in the incidence of light eye color at this time, which suggested that blue or green eyes were more prevalent at that time ...

This means that until surprisingly and quite recently, dark skin, dark hair and dark eyes were predominant among people living in Europe. The figure below shows the proportion of skin color that ...

The traditional explanation—that pale skin evolved ... who had light skin, blue eyes, and blonde hair. While DNA provides the most direct evidence of ancient skin color, researchers have also ...